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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-08-31
Special to the River Press.

Special to the River Press
FoRr Ass1uN1Bornr, August 27.-At
noon to-day track laying on the Manitoba
road had reached point twelve and one
half miles east of Belknap, and it is ex-
pected to reach there Tuesday night
They are laying track at the rate of five
miles per day at present.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1887-08-31
An Old Woman Saves the Burlington Train.

DENVER August 25-An accident oc-
CURED to the east-boUnd Union Pacific
express at Sand creek bridge, ten miles
east of here, at II o'clock last night, re-
sulting in the death Of engineer Masterson
and the serious wounding of two or three
train men. The Union Pacific and Bur
lington bridges cross Sand creek almost
parallel and are within a few feet Of each
other, and when the engineer of the I'm
ion Pacific which leaves here about thirty
minutes ahead of the Burlington, was
within few feet cf the bridge he was
horritied to see that food in the early
part of the evening had washed away the
middle section. The fireman jumped into
the stream and was taken out half an
hour later in an unconscious condition. It
is thought that he will die. Masterson
grabbed the lever and reversed the en-
gine just as it plunged into the water. His
body was buried in the sand and has not
yet been recovered. The engine was COM
pletely submerged in the sand. Baggage
man Brudlove was badly injured by fall
ing trunks. An old German woman liz
ing near heard the cries of frightened PEG
pie and rushed out with a lantern and
stopped the approaching express on the
Burlington when within few feet of the
bridge; probably saving many lives, as the
bridge on this road was also in a danger
Gus condition. A young fellow by the
name of Bearden, who was stealing a ride
on the front end of the baggage car at the
time of the accident, was found on the
bank of the creek early this morning bad
ly scalded about the head and chest and
hip crushed. He was taken to his fathers
residence in this city and died at noon.
The body of Engineer Masterson is sup
posed to be buried under the engine.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Improved Loco motives.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
comprehensive paper on the Strong
locomotive was read at the Franklin
Institute last night by Secretary
VAIL. Lehigh Valley locomotive No.
444 is fitted with the Strong boiler,
cylinders, valves and valve gear. The
engine embodies greatly improved
methods in these respects, providing
TOR greater pressure with safety than,
it is claimed, has heretofore been OBJ
tanned. BY the aid of a. stereopticon
views of the different portions minute
ly described in the paper were thrown
upon the screen and pointed out by
Mr.. Strong, the inventor. The loco
motive in question was built for heavy
mountain express service, and it is
said to be the most powerful engine
yet constructed. 1t has six coupled
wheels sixty-two inches in diameter,
which support 10000 pounds. 1t has
$4,000 pounds on the four-wheeled
truck in front and 10000 on the two
wheeled trailing truck. 1t has made
as fast time over the heavy grade be-
tween Wikesbarre and Fairview us
has ever been made with two Iocomo-
tives hauling the same weight of train,
and the same between White Haven
and Glen Summit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Genuine POIiteness.

The fire department OF the village of
j, in western Massachusetts, con-
sists OF a single engine, manned by a
company of volunteer fremen, whose
foreman is Patrick O., a stalwart,
active, faithful and very polite young
Irishman.
Not long ago there was fire in the
neighboring village of K, which is
entirely without fire department,
and an appeal was sent to j for
help. Over came the j depart
ment, AID worked with will until
the fire was subdued, just as it threat
ened to spread and destroy thegreater
part of the village.
The K people were overcome
with gratitude, and crowded around
Foreman @ and his company to
thank them for their excellent and
heroic work in saving the village.
"Sure, gintlemen," said Patrick,
modestly and politely, "we've done
nothing at all but our duty. We've
only one regret in the matter at all,
and that is that we don't oftener have
the occasion to come over and do the
like good turn for veil"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
A Horses Sense OF HumOr
From the Boston Post.

Whether horse can laugh is, I be-
lieve disputed question among men
of science, but that horse has a
sense of humor was apparent to me in
the action of one yesterday. The an
imal, which was attached to an ex-
press wagon, had shown g. balky dis
position, and, despite coaxing and
whipping, refused to bulge. To over
come his obstinacy rope fastened to
his wagon was tied to another which
had been placed in front, and the
horse attached to this vehicle was
whipped up vigorously. He started
with q will, but the rope broke. I
happened to be looking on at the
time, and noted an expression on the
balky horses face which was as near
an approach to q laugh as [ ever ex-
pect to see on an equine countenane.
1t was even more expressive than a
laugh, for it was g. sardonic smile of
comp.acency. And right son the heels, -
SO to speak, of this facial humor the
horse started of vigorously with his
load.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
French Naval Tactics.

A very interesting series of maneu-
vers by the French Mediterranean
squadron will take place In April,
writes g. correspondent of the London
Standard. There are to be two dis
tinct operations. The first will con-
sist in the attempt of a torpedo divis-
ion lying under the lee of the island of
| Sardinia to intercept g. French mill
tary convoy on it's way from Toulon
to Algiers. The second operation will
have peculiar interest for English
naval men. A French squadron is to
attempt to force it's way through the
| Straits of Gibraltar, q torpedo
squadron barring the passage. The
| fact of the French navy INDUCING in a.
sham fight under the very muzzle OF
war guns seems g. somewhat question
able proceeding. In the third opera
ton, the Gibraltar straits having
been forced, the torpedo-boats will try
to prevent the squadron from enter
ing Brest. The site of these latter
maneuvers is oddly selected. Gibral-
tar is as much an English military
port as Cherbourg is French, and [ do
not think that the French would well
come an English sham fight within gum
shot of the forts in the breakwater.
The programme certainly requires ex-
| PLANTATION. Of course, no harm is
meant, but the idea is violation of
military rule and precedent. If we
| liveu in less civilized times, and had
not complete confidence in the peace
full intentions of our neighbours, what
guarantee could there be that the tor.
pedo boats and squadron should not
combine and attempt to carry Gibral-
tar by a. coup de mainP The atten-
ton of our admiralty should be called
to the matter, and the French author
titles requested to choose some less
suggestive spot.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
THE DEATH OF WINTER.
BY ROBERT BURNS WILSON.


Pierces nv The suns bright arrows, Winter lies
With daobled robes upon the blurred hillside;
Vast flows the clear cold blood; in vain he tries
Wits cooling breath to check the flowing tide
He ssintly hears the footstep of fair Spring
Advancing through the woodland to the dell.
Anon sac stops TO hear the vaters sing,
And oal the flowers, that know her voice full
well.
All. nov she smiles TO see the glancing stream;
She stirs the dead leaves with her anxious 1eet;
Che stoops to plant the first awakening beam,
And woos the cold Earth with warm breath
ings sweet
sAh, gentle mistress, doth thy soul rejoice
To ind me thus La low? So fair thou art!
Let me out hear the music of thy voice;
Let me but die upon thy plying heart.
Soon endeth life for me- Thou wilt be blessed;
The towering fields. the budding trees De
thine.
Grant me the pillow of thy fragrant breast;
Then come, oblivion. no more replne."
Thus plead the dying Winter. She, the fair.
whose heart hath love, and only love, to give,
Did Quickly lay her full warm bosom bare
For his cold cheek, and fondly whispered,
Tive"
His cold white lips close to her heart she pressed
Her signs were mingled with each breath he
drew;
And when the strong life faded on her breast
Her own soft tears fell down like heavenly dew
o We sweet blossoms of the whispering lea,
We fair, frai children of the woodland wide,
Ye are the fruit of that dear love which she
Did give to wounded Winter ere he died.
And some are tinted like her eyes Of blue
Some hold the blush that on Ter cheek die
glow,
some from her lips have caught their scarlet hue
But more still keep the whiteness OF the snow
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
FARM AND HOME.

The Uses of Sorrow and Night.
It is true what the Scriptures have taught us,
What the voices of nature all teach
That Night unto Night utters knowledge,
And Day unto Day gives it speech,
Aye, giveth 1t eloquent speech.
Sad Night is the mother of Morning,
Who strays TO the Orient bars,
Where he waits till in tears she rehearses
The lesson and love OF the stars
All wonderful love of the stars
Young Morning, the lessons repeating,
Looks upward with love-lighted eye,
And, decked with the tears of his mother,
Filings rose-colored scarf DER the sky
0 er the sombre, gray -garmented sky.
And the sky, blushing red at his coming,
Receives to her heart every ray
That meets in his smi e as together
They pass through the portals of Day
The amber hued portals of Dayl
Then they sing new song. and it's numbers
Reveal the SWEET roses OF Night
Till we learn from the voice of their singing
Where flow the pure founta ns of light.
The crystalline fountains of light.
From Night, with its darkness and terror,
Earth turns to the smiles of the Morn;
FIR m the night Of our labor and sorrow
We learn where loves fountains are born
Where his fountains of glsdness are born.
Night weareth her mantle of shadows,
That poisoning sta, may appear,
And sorrow is sent that the spirit
May learn OF the life that is near
Of the beautiful life that is near.
Every flower with its dew dripping chalice.
Every cloud drifting on to the light,
While the hymn that is vocal in nature
Proclaims the sweet uses of Night
The Uses Of Sorrow and Night
-BelLa Rsek
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Scattered Manure In Pastures.

The droppings of all ANIMALS ex-
cepting sheep are left too much in
heaps. This is one reason why they
are of 80 little value as manure. Their
effectiveness may he vastly increased
by breaking them up with a hoe and
scattering over the sod. Under the place
where excrement has lain the grass
will be apparently killed, and if it fall
upon clover whatever it touches will
be destroyed beyond recovery. But
around the edges of the manure heaps
grass will grow course, rampant and
poor favored, so that cattle will not
eat it unless nearly starved. But if
broken fine and scattered over the sod
this manure will make sweet, nutri-
tious heritage. One of the best ways
to do this with an old sod is to give it
q Through narrowing. This will not
only scatter the manure, but will
loosen the surface soil, letting in air
and warmth, and thus greatly increas-
ing the growth of the grass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
The Deacon sat by and made no de.

The Deacon sat by and made no de.
muir.
He only laughed in a sheepish, silent
sort of way.
And they dined off hotroast oysters,
bread and butter, and coffee.
Towards the close of the repast, g.
stout, itinerant vender, with a basket
on his arm, tapped at the door.
81 hope [ see your honor well ?"
said he, with the regular professional
whine. "Will zee buy something to-
day2 Pins, needles, shoe-laces, hair
pins. or g. little"
But Deacon Smart shut the door in
the very midst OF his oily Grafton.
"Nol" he said.
And that monosyllable sealed Mrs.
Smart's triumph for good an Ia all.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
DESTROYING Burdocks.

The burdock is biennial, but so per.
sistent is it's life that if not cut of deep
in the soil it will send up shoot and
perfect seed for another year before it
dies. By going to any place where
these weeds abound, the stumps with
bury seeds may be seen standing up
through the snow in wiuter, where the
owner OF the place last summer sup
posed he had entirely destroyed them
by his latest cutting. If all burdock
seeding were prevented the weed would
not be g. difficult one to eradicate, as
it is easily seen and makes no pretense
of hiding itself.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Farm Notes.

April is the best month for hatch
ing out young ducks for marRet, SELL
ing them III June
The poultry house will get thegreat-
est proportion of light and heat in
winter if it face the southeast.
It is claimed that four times as
much nutriment can be secured by
converting the waste products OF the
earth into milk as can be gained by
putting them into beef, pork or NUT
ton.
1t is not the severe cold that kills
the small fruit vines, but the alternate
freezing and thawing. Hence the ad-
vantage Of g. mulch, which protects
from sudden changes of temperature
A distance of thirty feet apart each
way is suitable for apple trees, and
eighteen feet each way for peach trees.
The young trees should be kept well
trimmed and given good cultivation.
4 good answer to q question about
working butter is embodied in the fol-
living views of Professor J. W. John.
son: working or kneading removes
very imperfectly the unchanged cream
and buttermilk, and sailing removes
not the casein, ETC., but small quantities
of the natural moisture and sugar.
Hence, as far as salt is concerned, it's
Office is not to preserve the butter, but
to cause separation as Jar as possible
of the elements aside from the butter
fats, and take up the milk sugar. Thus
the moisture is partly removed from
the pores of the butter, and by this
combination of these substances they
are sailed, which for q time renders
innocuous what cannot be removed
or extracted from the butter.
If COWS are allowed to dry and rest
about six weeks before calving they
will be in better condition when they
come in full flow again. 1t imposes
g. double duty on the COW to yield a
large amount of milk daily, and also
provide material for the growth of
the fetus and supply bodily waste.
Give her respite, feed her well, and
she will produce better calf and
yield g. larger proportion OF milk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
A Shrewd Advertiser.

French newspapers are fraught with
the most unexpected pitfalls for the
unWary reader, writes @ Paris CORE
spondent, in the shape of advertise
ments, which are audaciOusly inserted
on the front page, and which some
times take the semblance of brief
article by q Lively chroniqueur, a SEN
sational item of intelligence, or even
an important political announcement.
This bold and ingenious system of
puffery has been carried on with such
brazen persistence of late that hardly
anyone talks of aught in Paris just
now save the much-vaunted merits of
certain quack medicines. The name
of these nostrums has become q by
word In the mouths of Parisians, and
the anti-bilious medicine identified
with the gallant officer who performed
the famous ride to Khiva has been
completely cast in the shade by the
journalistic compilers of quick-salving
"copy" in this capital. THIS adver-
tisers do not stop at anything. They
have subsidized some of the most
popular papers, and have for the first
time utilized the magical name of Gen.
Boulanger, which at the present mo.
ment is mighty one to conjure with.
Everybody is sure to be entrapped
into reading about the generals con-
templated reforms in the army, un-
mindful OF the snare which awaits
them at the end of the paragraph,
wherein it is stated with the most
consummate complacency and imper-
turbable calm that one of the most
important projects suggested by
military doctor to the popular chief
tain, who is looked upon as the hope
of France, is the dosing of his armed
hordes with the eternal medicine of
which everybody has heard ad nau-
scum during the past month. While
admiring the energy of the ingenious
merchant who thus faunts his wares
in season and out of season, one can
not keep from wishing that he would
transfer his serio-comic composition
to the columns devoted to ordinary
examples OF the art of putting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

cents, while if feeding is continued M
to three years old the entire gain from
birth costs TAO cents per pound. It
is certain that in the great majority
of cases feeding is continued long after
1T has ceased to pay. For all stock
not intended for breeding the best feed
should be given from birth up, and the
animal never be allowed to get too poor
to butcher. But while very young the
best food is that which promotes
growth of frame rather than laying on
OF fat. A young animal thus fed will
always have que proportion of lean
meat, sweet and juicy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

AT the Fancy Dress Ball-Ravenel
(who has just become engaged the
NIGHT 1efore to Miss Livingston)-
''Miss Livingston is looking like q
bona fide angel to-night-is che not I"
Rival Belle (ingeniously) -"Bonyhed !
Oh, Mr.. Ravenel, how could you?
Now I call that really cruel t"-Har-
per'S Bazaar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

For spring wear at the theaters are
little bonnets without strings, with
pointed crowns and made entirely
of black lace, and with no other
trimming or ornaments. The lace of
fine sheer quality and the broad edg-
ing is folded into crisp upright plaits
above the face.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

English farmers are learning what
was long ago discovered by American
dairymen, that the co operative plan
of making butter or cheese turns out
q more uniformly good product and
at less cost than to have either made
by private farmers at their homes.
The conveniences for taking the best
care of milk and cream all existin the
large dairy, and it can afford to pay
well for the skill required to conduct
it. Factories for making cheese or
butter are rapidly increasing in num-
bers, and it is only thus that English
farmers can attempt to compete with
American and Canadian dairy prod
ucts.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

SCIENCE is a big thing. It makes
sugar from coal tar. It can do every
thing except make maple sugar from
Vermont.-Nsw Orleans Picayune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
How to Clean Dresses.

Get five cents worth of soap.b
from the druggists (about teacup-
full. For one dress, take half of it
and steep in about one quart Of boil
ing water for about half an hour or
more, then strain through q cloth.
For silk dress, while the liquid is
warm, take piece of white flannel
and dip into it at intervals, and rub
the silk, or satin, With it till it seems
cleansed. When done, pull the mate.
rial straight and hangit to dry; do not
iron either the silk or satin. If the
dress is very much soiled, use clean
liquor to rinse it; but do not use clear
water for silk, or it will not stiffen ND
well.
For q wooden dress, dip the part to
be cleansed, or the whole Of it, if need
ed, into the liquor. This can be rinsed
In the same, after washing, or in clear
warm water. Ii very dirty put the
dress to soak in tub, in the liquor,
with more water added, before clean
ing or washing. The wooden goods
should be pressed before they are
quite dry.
Water in which potatoes have been
boiled will cleanse delicate-colored
WOODEN or worsted goods. The dress
should be wet all over. Use nc soap.
Rinse in clear warm water. Press
while still damp. This will not injure
the most delicate colors.
The liquor in which soap-bark has
been STEPPED, when used cold, is excel
lent for washing blue lawns that are
easily faded. 1t should be washed
with more water than is used for
woolens.-Farm and Garden.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Maple Sugar,

The season for making maple sugar
is fast approaching, and perhaps a. few
suggestions would be in order. Com
ing at time when all other work is
at standstill, sugaring is one of the
harvests for the farmer. Now is the
time to get ready. See that your tubs
and holders are clean and ready for
use. To make good sugar all the
utensils must be clean and neat. For
tubs, tin is best, although well made
and painted cedar tub does we'll. The
holder should be painted outside and
inside, surely inside. For boiling an
evaporation is preferable for the rea-
son that the sooner the sap is con-
verified into syrup or sugar the better
the flavor and color. The cold sap
constantly running in and the syrup
running off the simmering is prevent
ed, and the consequence is a better
grade of sugar. Now, the first runs
are best, so be ready. Dispatch and
neatness are the chief requisites in
ugar making.
Gather and boil the sap as soon as
possible alter the flow, and
keep up with the flow. Say, long ex-
posed to the air, will not make FIRST
class sugar. Strain the sap twice Ger.
tainiy, and you will be surprised at
the amount of dirt taken from it..
Make sugar or syrup as you have q
market for either. Syrup should
weigh eleven pounds to the gallon; be-
yond that point it will grain. Sugar
does not need to be done down very
hard. There is q point, as every good
sugar-maker knows, when sugar will
look nice if taken off. and another
right time to put into the package,
just cool enough: Experience alone
will tell us this.) Ten-pound pals
make the best packages for gale. Now
as to sugar houses. Build large enough;
have them convenient and clean.
Have shed attached and keep full of
dry wood. More care and cleanliness,
more and better sugar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

BY HELEN FOREST GRAVES.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Commemorative Profits I'm Dairvinp


Milk made into ordinary butter and
cheese does not average to the pro-
ducer more than IL cents per quart.
At this price it is as milk an exceed
ingly cheap food; but it cannot be de-
livered in cities at twice this figure,
even under the most favorable circum-
stances. In winter milk always adj
vances in price for the good reason
that with cold weather and consid-
cradle portion OF dry feed it is impos.
siDle to keep up as large flow as the
cow, under better conditions, will give
in summer. Milk spoils or wastes
rapidly, and it also requires consider
able labor to care for 1t properly. It
is this reason more than the cost of
producing milk which makes it dear to
city buyers at all seasons of the year.
In summer, when it is produced most
cheaply, it cannot be kept sweet for
many hours. There are compare
lively few places where milk can be
bought in cities. Grocers find the de-
mand very uncertain. Sometimes
they will not have half enough, and
within day or two the same amount
will leave q surplus to go TO waste.
For this reason, as we'll as the un-
pleasant labor of cleaning vessels that
have contained milk, it is not in much
favor with grocery dealers. 1t is un-
fortunate for all parties that milk
and it's products are not more gener-
ally used for human food.